Profile: Christine Douglas

About This Author

Born in Mountain Ash, South Wales in 1944, I adored reading from an early age but could not read out loud (Knowing what the words mean is different from knowing how to pronounce them). It was not until I was in my 30s was I diagnosed as dyslexia. Although I always tried to write stories it was not until my son gave me his old computer and at last I had help with spelling. I found myself an agent for my stories but he failed to impress the publishers. My writing took a back seat when I started having trouble with my sight. Eventually I was diagnosed with a hole in the macular of BOTH my eyes. This, if left, leads to loosing all central vision and therefore an inability to read. Unfortunately my right eye was too far gone but they operated on my left eye. After a summer of having to keep my head down, facing the floor, my vision was back. Then after about six weeks my vision started to deteriorate again. I had a fast growing cataract. My sight became worse and worse until at least, they operated. I could see again, though for the first time I was long sighted instead of short sighted. Now I am back in the South West of England and working on my writing again.